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UK unveils tools to block extremist online content

By Xinhua

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 16:39By Xinhua

In this Feb 6, 2018 photo, Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd arrives in Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting on in London. Rudd said the British government now has a software that can identify and block extremist content on the internet with reasonable accuracy. (NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP)

SAN FRANCISCO – The British government has unveiled a tool that it says can block extremist content on the internet with reasonable accuracy.

It does seem that those who commit terrorist murders on our streets are increasingly influenced by what they read and what they see online.

Amber Rudd, British Home Secretary

The new software, developed by London-based ASI Data Science firm on behalf of the British government, can identify and block 94 percent of propaganda video of the Islamic State group with 99.99 accuracy, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on Tuesday.

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